Resolve taxonomic synonyms — resolve_taxon_synonyms • CafriplotsR

Replaces taxon IDs with their accepted names based on synonym resolution. Based on the logic from merge_individuals_taxa.

Usage

resolve_taxon_synonyms(
  idtax = NULL,
  include_synonyms = TRUE,
  con_taxa = NULL,
  backbone = c("internal", "wcvp")
)

Arguments

idtax: Vector of taxon IDs (can be synonyms)
include_synonyms: If TRUE, also returns traits for all synonyms
con_taxa: Connection to taxa database
backbone: Character. Which taxonomic backbone to use for synonym resolution. "internal" (default) uses the internal table_taxa. "wcvp" uses WCVP via wcvp_idtax_link and wcvp_names, falling back to internal for unlinked taxa.

Value

Tibble with columns: idtax, idtax_good